Zombieactionhauptquartier

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Zombieactionhauptquartier
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Studio album by
Released21 November 2008 (2008-11-21)
Genre Metalcore
Length57:58
Label Nuclear Blast
Callejon chronology
Fauler Zauber Dunkelherz
(2007)
Zombieactionhauptquartier
(2008)
Videodrom
(2010)
Professional ratings
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Zombieactionhauptquartier ("Zombie Action Headquarters") is the second studio album by German metalcore band Callejon.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."ZAHQ"1:03
2."Zombiefied"3:27
3."Spiel mir das Lied vom Sterben" ("Play the Song of Death for Me"; wordplay on the German title for Once Upon a Time in the West )4:34
4."Und wenn der Schnee" ("And When the Snow...")3:23
5."Mein Puls = 0" ("My Pulse = 0")3:27
6."Tanz der Teufel" ("Dance of the Devil" or German title for the film Evil Dead )3:35
7."Phantomschmerz" ("Phantom Pain")4:56
8."Quarantäne" ("Quarantine")1:47
9."Infiziert" ("Infected")4:04
10."Der Tag, an dem die Schwärze blieb" ("The Day the Darkness Stayed")5:06
11."Fremdkörper" ("Foreign Object")4:09
12."Das Ende von John Wayne" ("The End of John Wayne")4:00
13."Porn from Spain" (feat. K.I.Z) (includes hidden song "In dunklen Wassern" ("In Dark Waters"), which starts at 10:10)14:27
Total length:57:58

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References

  1. Travers, Paul. Kerrang! #1237, November 22, 2008. Album reviews. "The unburied dead are returning to life… and forming metalcore bands." P.49